“Ofcom will set out a formal timetable for completing investigations into alleged breaches of competition law in the communications sector and will publish an explanation on its website if it fails to comply with its specified deadline, the regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A campaign group has won a High Court battle over the agricultural use of Green Belt land formerly owned by broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby for intensive poultry farming.”
The Independent, 27th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Supreme Court has today delivered its Judgment in the case of T (children) [2012] UKSC 36 concerning the liability of a local authority to pay the costs of a party to care proceedings.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 25th July 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Two ‘notorious’ brothers from Wolverhampton have been jailed for their part in a £34m tax fraud.”
BBC News, 27th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A 52-year-old man has been jailed for 18 months for offences relating to indecent images of children.”
BBC News, 26th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Unused holiday entitlement by workers on long-term sick leave should be automatically transferred into the next leave year if a worker is unable to take that holiday due to his or her sickness, the Court of Appeal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A teenager who throttled, punched and kicked a 10-year-old Teesside girl might never be released back into the community, a judge has said.”
BBC News, 27th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Kiaran Stapleton, the killer of Indian student Anuj Bidve, has been jailed for life with a minimum of 30 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A girl has been convicted of murdering a teenager who died five months after she was attacked with an Afro comb.”
BBC News, 27th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Paul Chambers’s conviction shows the law’s difficulties in discriminating between tones of voice in emails, tweets and texts.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The law of property, as it applies to cohabiting couples in England and Wales, continues to produce outcomes which many commentators regard as unfair. In the Scottish case of Gow v. Grant, a recent appeal under the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 Lady Hale calls for similar legislation to be introduced in England and Wales.”
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Zenith Chambers, 17th July 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“In Sulamerica Cia Nacional De Seguros S.A. v Enesa Engenharia S.A. [2012] EWCA Civ 638 the Court of Appeal explored (amongst other things) the question of how the law governing an arbitration agreement in the absence of express choice is to be determined.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 18th July 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
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11 KBW, July 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“This article discusses the rise in applications against solicitors for third party costs orders, where solicitors have acted on conditional fee agreements and may be said to have funded or controlled litigation.”
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4 New Square, 25th July 2012
Source: www.4newsquare.com
“A man found guilty of sending a menacing tweet threatening to blow up an airport has won a challenge against his conviction.”
BBC News, 27th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of The Honourable Mr Justice Lloyd Jones as a Lord Justice of Appeal. This appointment follows the announcement of his appointment as Chairman of the Law Commission, which takes effect on 1 August 2012.”
Number 10 Downing Street, 26th July 2012
Source: www.number10.gov.uk
“Lady Warsi has been cleared of expenses irregularities by a Lords investigation but found in breach of its code of conduct over her failure to properly register a property with the Lords.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two Metropolitan police officers are to stand trial accused of making racist remarks to their colleagues, prosecutors have announced.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“As Tim Pitt-Payne QC commented in his post on the report earlier today, the Committee’s report has not landed a bombshell in the middle of the FOIA landscape. To a very large extent, the report endorses the current structure and content of the legislation, something which the Commissioner clearly welcomes. However, whilst the Committee has largely resisted calls for FOIA to be amended, it has commented fairly extensively on how the Act should be applied in practice. This commentary is doubtless going to influence the evolution of FOIA case-law for the foreseeable future.”
Panopticon, 26th July 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“Plans to build a high speed line from London to the Midlands were dealt a blow yesterday with the High Court granting opponents the right to seek judicial review against the scheme.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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